A 30-year-old Mexican national who was deported after a fatal DUI accident in 2005 was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for returning to the U.S.

Adan Cruz-Santos was sentenced Tuesday for illegally re-entering the country as a convicted felon.

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Cruz-Santos was deported in February 2010 after serving a prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter and DUI in the death of 25-year-old Jodie Hatzenbihler. The Olathe nurse died after being hit by a car as she crossed a Lawrence street.

The Lawrence Journal-World reported Cruz-Santos pleaded no contest to his third DUI conviction after a September traffic stop. He spent 90 days in the Douglas County Jail before being transferred to federal authorities.

Under a plea agreement, he faces mandatory deportation after serving his federal sentence.